Shiv, the motorways I mentioned above have all been built and are of standards matching those in the West. You can easily view them on google maps or google images. As you will see, these aren't just 2-3kms of photo clicking stretches but actually quality roads that connect their Pakjabi cities. Let's give credit where it's due.
As you would know, the M2 was built with Korean expertise and maybe funding. Nawaz contracted out the service stations and bus services to Daewoo to run so that they could recover the cost.
Even though these roads are "access controlled", I've also come across blogs and forum posts of people mentioning animals roaming around on M2 that has led to many accidents.
Only the 4 roads I mentioned in my post above are of excellent quality. The rest are rotting away. Here's a list of the important rotting ones:
1. Besides the N5, Pakistan has another north-south artery (2-4 laned) called the Indus Highway -
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pic3 (N55) - that runs on the west side of the Indus. This is heavily gaurded by the military and people are told to not travel alone or overtake a military car/convoy. Google Maps shows a major portion of this under water if you search "mehar pakistan" on google maps.
2. RCD Highway - Regional Cooperation for Development Highway -
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Pic2- 2 laner connecting Karachi to Quetta in poor shape.
Pakistan is currently expanding their motorway system as well. Work has started on M4 which will connect Faislabad to Multan. With that, all of Pakjab's main economic centers (except Sialkot) will be connected by the motorway network - Rawalpindi, Lahore, Multan, Faislabad. Then there's the Lahore ring road (60% completed -
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pic2) which is another 6 lane quality motorway going around the city